Great thriller
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Jack Reacher is my absolute hero,and the author never lets me down.A different twist-less blood than some of his tales but he kept me guessing to the end. Clever! It has more of a detective story to it- who is lying? -who is behind the kidnap plan? and I really was gripped. He is un-putdownable.
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Total Trash - but still, quite fun
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I feel vaguely ashamed of myself for reading and enjoying this one. The plot was complete codswallop - I didn't believe a word of it - but somehow I kept turning the pages! This is the first Jack Reacher book I have read, and I found him an irritating sort of hero. It was soon apparent that the guy is completely invincible, which rather takes the edge of any sticky situations he gets into - you know he will overcome, so where's the tension? The way he keeps philosophising when he wants to make a point, made me want to smack his face and say, look, I understand what you're saying - no need to bang on and on about Copernicus or whatever. I don't know how Alice put up with him, meekly doing everything he ordered her to.
The writing style was atrocious - repetitive and packed full of cliches. What seriously got on my nerves (as well as all the 'he said nothing's that someone else has commented on - was the constant references to the air conditioning! I know it's Texas. I know it's hot. I know these machines make a lot of noise. But why, whenever Reacher enters a room, does there have to be a description of the sound of the A/C? Presumably a complete lack of imagination on Lee Child's part, and sloppy editing - surely a decent editor would have tactfully suggested that there might be some alternative ways of summing up the atmosphere of a place?
Yes, utter rubbish - but it kept me going all the way to the end, so there must have been something good about it!!
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Not as good as other in the series...
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I've read all the Reacher series of books with the exception of Bad Luck and Trouble and i have to say the Echo Burning was my least favourite. I just couldn't warm to the characters and the story failed to grab my attention the way the others in the series did. That said its not a bad read and if you've read the other books in the series you will probably enjoy this one too.
If you've not read any of the Reacher series don't start with this book, try the 1st in the series or One Shot - which is my fav :)
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He said nothing - again and again and again
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I've enjoyed other Reacher novels, but they generally have to be taken with a large pinch of salt. What really irritates me though is the number of times Jack Reacher (and other characters) 'say nothing.' Time and time again ad nauseam the reader gets 'He said nothing.' 'Reacher said nothing.' No reply.'
Please, it's hackneyed and so overused that it trips up the flow of the writing. I get that Reacher is the strong silent type. I don't need it hammering home with the unsubtlety of a sledgehammer.
Not one of his best.
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I don't get the hype
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This is the first Lee Child book that I've read and I wasn't too impressed. Although this is a work of fiction, it still requires some realism, and in this book you might find at times, that it is like reading a Bollywood movie script. In the books' particualry ropey moments I could be heard saying "yea right" out loud.
"Echo Burning" follows the story of reluctant hero Jack Reacher helping a Damsel in distress called Carmen, and that is about it. The character of "Jack Reacher" has been done before, and done much better by other authors. I didnt like him, to me he was like a CIA wannabe extra from "Clear and Present Danger". It was predicable and unoriginal, however Child's skill with pace did make it mildly entertaining, If I had heeded my original foreboding when I first picked up the book, I would not have read it, but I wished to give the author a try. This original reluctance resulted from the last line of prose at the back of the novel, "The cops cant be trusted. The lawyers won't help. If Jack Reacher can't set things straight who can?" Oh dear.... I think that says it all. I will give lee Child another try, as so many reviewers can't be wrong, but I think I will steer clear of the Jack Reacher Novels.
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